Springfield, VT

Springfield, Vt. — Edith R. Fellows, of Perkinsville, was recently sworn back into the Civil Air Patrol by her mother, Maj. Kathleen R. Fellows. Edith Fellows, an international security specialist, first joined the Catamount Composite Squadron nearly two decades ago as a cadet. Then 13, she asked her mother to join, too. “You have to drive the child to the …

Springfield, Vt. — Roger P. Chalifour, 79, died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, at the Springfield Health and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield. He was born in Berlin, N.H. on Nov. 23, 1935, the son of John and Leda (Florida) Chalifour and had lived in Claremont from 1941 until 1993. Roger graduated from Saint Mary’s Grammar and High School in 1955. He attended and graduated …

Trent Briere, 14, of Springfield, Vt., digs his grandfather’s snow machine from a bank along Route 12 in Charlestown on Monday. Briere, who is staying with his grandparents during school vacation, said he wanted to surprise them by bringing it home after his grandfather became marooned with it in a field over the …

Windsor — A consummate teacher, avid crafter and dedicated volunteer, Janice “Jan” Johnson was quick to share her gifts with others. For Johnson’s colleagues, friends, and relatives, a wedding or the birth of a baby meant a handmade …

Topsham, Vt. — Amy J. Parent, 43 died on Friday, July 11, 2014 at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. after a short illness. She was born April 9, 1971 in Springfield, Vt. the daughter of Robert Baker and Theresa “Terry” (Carpenter) Carty. She attended school in …

Springfield, Vt. — About 10,000 books, as well as audio and visual materials, will be featured at the town library’s annual book sale on July 19. The sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the former National Guard Armory on Fairground Road, next to …

White River Junction — More than a decade has passed since Larry Daigle started traveling from his home in Granville, N.Y., to White River Junction to volunteer with Friends of Veterans. It’s a long drive — 80 miles …

Springfield, Vt. — Several local students were among the winners of a competition that challenges young people to develop their own creative business plans. Makayla Smith and Taylor Rocke, who attended River Valley Technical Center, won second place overall in the Vermont Rural Entrepreneurship Through Action Learning High …

A Scientifically Sound Decision To the Editor: As a member of the Hartford Selectboard, I read the recent editorial on Hartford’s decision about fluoride with particular interest (“Hartford Brushes Off Fluoridation Science,” June 22). The editor’s claim that the Selectboard did not “wish to go to the trouble …

Springfield, Vt. — An American Red Cross blood drive Wednesday will honor the late Army Sgt. Kevin Sheehan. Sheehan, who grew up in Springfield, was killed in combat in Iraq on May 25, 2004, at age 36. The blood drive has been organized by his widow, Heather Sheehan, …

Springfield, Vt. — Jeanne Claire (Gamlin) Vatne, 83, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, June 12, 2014. She was born in Florence, Mass., on Sept. 25, 1930, the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Shirtcliff) Gamlin. Jeanne grew up in Greenfield, Mass., and graduated from St. …

White River Junction — A Windsor Superior Court judge has ruled that Kyle Bolaski, the Springfield, Vt., man whose second-degree murder conviction was overturned by the Vermont Supreme Court, can be released on $100,000 bail with conditions as he awaits a new trial. The decision issued by Judge …

White River Junction — A New Jersey man is being held without bail after pleading not guilty to four charges relating to a violent altercation Wednesday in Springfield, Vt., that police say involved a dispute over heroin and resulted in one man being shot and injuries to two …